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    High from UK

    Discussion in 'New Member Introductions' started by ..., Sep 3, 2012.

    High, I'm from England, UK and have a preference for writing plays.

    I joined another writers forum and was deleted without a single word, or email or anything. I have no idea what happened. I think maybe because i didn't buy a subscription right away or something, i have no idea. So now, I'm trying here and I hope it's friendlier.

    I seriously have no idea why i was deleted at the last forum, not banned... simply deleted like I never existed, I'd made 3 posts, one of them an introduction. I was perfectly polite. maybe because I spelled Hi as High you think?

    It's just a joke.
     
  2. Banzai

    Banzai One-time Mod, but on the road to recovery Contributor

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    Welcome to Writing Forums, ...!

    I hope you find what you're looking for here, whatever your interests in writing.

    This forum aims to provide the best workshopping resources on the internet, and to that end we have a few rules which you should familiarise yourself with before you get stuck in. The main section of the site is the Writing Workshop, where members can post their writing in order to receive critique of their work.

    However, before we allow members to post their work, they must have met some basic requirments. Firstly, you must have been a member for fourteen days, and have made twenty posts on the forum overall (please note, posts in Word Games do not count towards this). This is so that members, when they post their work, have familiarised themselves with the forums and contributed to them (as well as hopefully learned something for themselves). Secondly, members must provide two constructive reviews of other people's work for each piece of their own that they wish to post. This is because we believe that the focus of workshopping should be equally upon giving reviews as receiving them, as they allow a writer to practice and improve their editing skills, which they can then apply to their own writing.

    Beyond the Writing Workshop, you will find that we have extensive forums for discussion of aspects of writing, as well as a community area for general discussion. We also run periodic short story and poetry contests, which are good for challenging yourself and expanding your skills.

    If you have any questions or problems, then the moderators (myself, Cogito, Lemex and Dante Dases) should be your first port of call. Any technical problems with the site itself should be directed to Daniel, the site administrator and owner. I would recommend you have a look over the rules so that you know what to expect, and what is expected. But aside from that, I hope you enjoy your time here.


    Banzai
     
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    Thank you for letting me know the rules. You must have guessed that not many people read those before getting stuck in. Repetitive too I bet, LOL. thanks for taking the time out to share that. I can see this is a much friendlier place already. I have no problems offering critique's on others works, although still a noob in that i've never sent anything off to be published, I am in fact 37 years old and have been writing since a kid. I wrote my first novelette, basically a Terry Pratchett rip off, at the age of 12/13.

    In my opinion though, writers get better with age... it takes experience, and I think i'm finally ready to share that. I'll enjoy looking around your forums here for a while. Thanks again for the welcome.
     
  4. losthawken

    losthawken Author J. Aurel Guay Role Play Moderator Contributor

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    Hay ... glad you found us,

    Sorry about your bad experience elsewhere. We're a pretty friendly community, with lots of interesting things to do and just plain fun to be had. Noob critiques are always welcome. Sometimes a novice perspective can catch something that others are too stuck-in-a-rut to notice. Plus, critiqueing improves your own writing, and we are all about helping each other here!

    We even accept people who can't spell 'Hey' ;)

    ~Lost
     

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